Southport 2 Redditch 3

The rain held off for the first half and Southport started brightly. Southport had most of the possession and attacked Redditch and were rewarded with two goals from Michael Powell and Mark Duffy. Southport looked to be in control and heading for a repeat of Tuesday nights 5:2 win. But Southport lost their dominance, the game turned scrappy and Redditch were gifted a goal when Southports keeper and defender both went for the ball and neither got it.
Rather than improving after the half time Southport were worse. The rain started so the Jack Carr stand was home to the Popular Side refugees. Mark Duffy dived in the box and got a penalty for his effort but Kilheeney hit the bar.
Redditch took control and scored two more goals with Southport only looking like they could be bothered in the dying moments of the game.
Watson replaced an attacking player with a defender which did nothing to improve the game. When the game was crying out for Tony Gray, Watson did nothing, only bringing him on with 8 minutes to go. The ball spent most of its time in the air rarely touching the pitch.
Blame was equally divided between manager Watson and keeper Tony McMillan.
Hard to pick a man of the match, Chris Lever, Kevin Lee and Mark Duffy had a good first half. Alan Moogan and Neil Robinson worked hard but neither got the goal they deserved.
Another poor attendance and no reason to come back.